When the weather is gray and cold, it’s time to pull out the big bowls. Winter soups and stews are hefty and can lean rich, meant to encourage slurping with big spoons and passing napkins to catch ...

As a young boy growing up in Mexico, Samuel Sanchez savored eating fish soup with family at his grandmother’s long dinner table. The soup was cooked by his uncles — a detail that stuck with Sanchez, ...